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The Tulsi and the Cross: Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter in Goa

Rosa María Pérez

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Description:The The book is the outcome of the author s long-term fieldwork in Goa and seeks to bridge the gaps in the anthropological research in this state of India. The existing research, essentially historical, tends to consider Goa as Catholic, Portuguese-speaking and framed by Portuguese cultural references. The author offers an ethnographic approach to the understanding of the colonial encounter and of colonialism. Her ethnographical research shows that Goa is, and was, dominantly Hindu and the perception of Goan society as essentially fragmented is a colonial imposition. The author takes into account indigenous views, with special focus on a group of devadasis of a Hindu temple. Through them the author aims to dismantle both the stereotypes staged by Portuguese colonialism and an essentialist and Eurocentric view of the caste system in India. Introduction; 1. The Happy Representations of Portuguese Colonialism in India; 2. The Power of Caste, Class, and Other Classifications; 3. Dancing for the Ritual and Gender in a Hindu Temple of Goa; 4. Elective Hinduism and Catholicism in Goa; 5. Nation and Women, Land, and Literature; Bridges to Other ShoresWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Tulsi and the Cross: Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter in Goa. To get started finding The Tulsi and the Cross: Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter in Goa, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The The book is the outcome of the author s long-term fieldwork in Goa and seeks to bridge the gaps in the anthropological research in this state of India. The existing research, essentially historical, tends to consider Goa as Catholic, Portuguese-speaking and framed by Portuguese cultural references. The author offers an ethnographic approach to the understanding of the colonial encounter and of colonialism. Her ethnographical research shows that Goa is, and was, dominantly Hindu and the perception of Goan society as essentially fragmented is a colonial imposition. The author takes into account indigenous views, with special focus on a group of devadasis of a Hindu temple. Through them the author aims to dismantle both the stereotypes staged by Portuguese colonialism and an essentialist and Eurocentric view of the caste system in India. Introduction; 1. The Happy Representations of Portuguese Colonialism in India; 2. The Power of Caste, Class, and Other Classifications; 3. Dancing for the Ritual and Gender in a Hindu Temple of Goa; 4. Elective Hinduism and Catholicism in Goa; 5. Nation and Women, Land, and Literature; Bridges to Other ShoresWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Tulsi and the Cross: Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter in Goa. To get started finding The Tulsi and the Cross: Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter in Goa, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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